Anthropology

Derricourt explores the use and misuse of Africa's past, everything ...

(Brian Fagan, Emeritus Professor of Anthr)

Derricourt explores the use and misuse of Africa's past, everything from Basil Davidson and Raymond Dart to Afro-centrism and beyond, in an articulate and intelligent analysis that places generations of research and thinking in a broader context. Inventing Africa is certain to become a definitive and widely consulted work for anyone seriously interested in Africa's past.

(Brian Fagan, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara)

Robin Derricourt has written a lively and engaging book that ...

(Peter Mitchell FSA, Professor of African)

Robin Derricourt has written a lively and engaging book that addresses a largely overlooked issue, how have Western appreciations and conceptualisations of the African continent changed through time. With the African past still comparatively little known, or known to Western audiences, this timely work makes a significant contribution to the history of southern and south-central Africa

(Peter Mitchell FSA, Professor of African Archaeology at the University of Oxford)

One of the most readable books on African archaeology that ...

(Professor Emeritus Merrick Posnansky, Un)

One of the most readable books on African archaeology that has ever appeared.

(Professor Emeritus Merrick Posnansky, University of California Los Angeles, Journal of African Archaeology)